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E. HOXIE.

HEEL PLATE. No.291,599.` Patented Jan. 8. 1884,

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ELIAS HOXIE, OF RED CREEK, NEV YORK.

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SPECIFICATIONformng part of Letters Patent No. 291,599, dated January 8, 1884.

Application filed .Tune 30, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concor/z.: 4

Be it known that l, ELIAS HoxiE, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Red Greek, in the county of Wayne and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in HeeLPlates, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to improvements in heel-plates, and it consists` in the construction and novel arrangement whereby said plate may be used as an ice-Creeper and awearing-plate forthe bottom of the heel, as well as providing a noiseless supplemental heel for the boot or shoe, all as will be hereinafter more fully explained,` and pointed out in the claim appended.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention, in which- Figure l represents a side view of a shoe, showing my device applied thereto. Fig. 2is a sectional view of a shoe, showing my device in use as a wearing-plate. Fig. 3 is avertical sectional view of the device, showing the filling applied. Fig. et is a plan view of the plate, and Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail views.

y Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, .A` designates the` plate, which is formed to correspond in shape with a boot or shoe heel, and it is provided with a iiange, a, bent at right angles thereto,and extending the entire length of the same, as shown in Fig. 4, but terminating at the points b b. At the forward end of the plate the same is provided with a projecting lip or iiange, c, that is designed to be bent at right angles to said plate when the latter is applied'to the heel of the shoe or the supplemental rubber heel, as will be further explained.

It will be seen by reference to the drawings that this device is intended to be used for two purposes. As a heel-plate, the body of the same rests upon the ground, and the vflange a ts within the groove d ofthe heel, andthe forward lip, c, being bent upward secures said plate to the heel; and as an ice-Creeper the plate is secured by screws or tacks passing through the perforations e in the body of the plate into the bottom of the shoe-heel, and the supplemental rubber heel f is held in place by means of the continuous ilange a and by means of the bent lip or flange c of the plate.

It will further be observed that with my dei vice there are no pegs or nails used, whereby carpets may be cut, and the rubber filling applied to the plate is not only noiseless, but gives an elastic movement to the wearers feet, and at the same time acts as an ice-creeper, and the filling of the plate, which may be either rubber or leather, can be readily replaced when required.

The under side of the plate may be serrated to prevent slipping on ice when said plate is applied to a shoe-heel without the rubber iilling. At the same time it is cheap to manufacture.

Having described my invention, what I deA sire to secure by Letters Patent is- As an improved article of manufacture, a heel-plate consisting of a solid piece of metal provided with the inwardly-turned flange a, extending around the heel, and adapted toengage a groove in the heel, and terminating at the points lib, and provided with the lip c,

Y adapted to be bent at right angles to the body of the plate, whereby said plate is secured to the heel, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` Etuis HoxIE.

lVitnesses:

PERsoN COOPER, JACOB B. DECKER. 

